Indian Constitution

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea seeking a direction to declare Section 124-A of Indian Penal Code as ultra-vires of the Indian Constitution. The Section 124-A provides for punishment for the offence of sedition.

The Allahabad High Court has granted police protection to a couple who wished to live together, while observing that live-in relationships between consenting adults is not an offence.

The Constitution, through Articles 15 and 16, seeks to crystallise the idea of “complex equality” and the trilogy of Pavitra v Karnataka illustrates this. The apex court has thus emerged as the moral pedagogue of social justice.

A.K Gopalan vs. State of Madras, 1950[1] Issue AK Gopalan was a Communist leader who was detained in the Madras Jail in 1950 under the Preventive Detention Law. By writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to Article 32 of the Indian Constitution, he challenged his detention while arguing that Sections 7, 8, etc

New Delhi (ILNS): The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking an order to strike down the operation of the Epidemic Act as unconstitutional under Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Indian Constitution.

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to impose President’s rule, as per provisions of Article 356 of the Indian Constitution, in Uttar Pradesh.

The Calcutta High Court has held that family members of deceased Covid-19 patients should be allowed to perform the funeral rites if they follow certain guidelines, because they have the right to a decent funeral under the Indian Constitution.

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court of India challenging the certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act on the ground it violates fundamental rights of citizens under Article 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition for rebuilding religious structures allegedly torn down during the demolition of the Telangana secretariat.

The Supreme Court has held that a High Court cannot convert itself into a court of appeal, while hearing a petition under Article 227 of the Indian Constitution.